tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7705460.post116313326972732375..comments2024-01-21T00:21:39.004-06:00Comments on Three Wise Men: Mehlman stepping downAlexander Wolfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03041808057755360625noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7705460.post-1163275434507234142006-11-11T14:03:00.000-06:002006-11-11T14:03:00.000-06:00Hear hear!Hear hear!Nat-Wuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11378831467642601979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7705460.post-1163219637495491482006-11-10T22:33:00.000-06:002006-11-10T22:33:00.000-06:00Michele, the problem is that Americans always say ...Michele, the problem is that Americans always say they want lower taxes and less government. The reason neither party ever delivers is that Americans don't want the lowered level of services and lifestyle that comes with it. I guess if they're just playing politics they can act like they're going to deliver on that promise, but they won't, so I don't think that's much of a permanent strategy.Nat-Wuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11378831467642601979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7705460.post-1163219454220837812006-11-10T22:30:00.000-06:002006-11-10T22:30:00.000-06:00fan boy, I didn't say the GOP was dead, I said "th...fan boy, I didn't say the GOP was dead, I said "the party of the neocons is dead". Specifically the neocons. The Republican party can turn in one of two directions: either centrist or towards the evangelical fringe. I don't believe for a second that after the repudiation they suffered in this election that they can play the neocon game of supporting business interests while pandering to the "values voters". I say this because those voters already saw through that shell game. The neocons are dead, at least until they come up with another game plan. <BR/><BR/>Becoming a business interest party is also too single issue to have an entire party run on, and that's the Libertarians' area anyway. That's why I say it's either centrist or to the right. But heck, I could always be wrong.Nat-Wuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11378831467642601979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7705460.post-1163198268494487152006-11-10T16:37:00.000-06:002006-11-10T16:37:00.000-06:00I think that when the party gives into it's desire...I think that when the party gives into it's desire to consolidate power, then they fail. I believe that if they learn from this that Republicans want them to act like Republicans (lower taxes, smaller government, less spending) then they will come roaring back. You can tell that they got the message by Pence's vision statement. Let's see if they are prepared to walk the talk.<BR/><BR/>How do I know they will be successful? Fifty-nine percent of those voting wanted lower taxes and less government and they didn't think the Republicans stood for that.michelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01681522311658153789noreply@blogger.com